gauges

takes a while but slow it the way to go....some times i only go up 2 sizes a year....i stretch them when my body tells me to

 

I'm glad someone gets it. I think it should be something that teaches you patience, I don't agree with people who rush it. I think they should take them out, I think it sours the entire process for people who do it for spiritual reasons.

 

both of my ear lobes are at an 8, and ill probably go to a 2
and then i have my inner conch peirced at its at a 14 and thinking of maybe going up to a ten with that one...

 

definitely. I agree completely. =o)
For me its not about trying to achieve a "look", its about the process. It teaches you patience among many other things. Its a journey for me, similar to the journey I'm currently taking with my dreadlocks.

 

I have my ears guaged at a 2, they used to be a 0, but I had decided to down guage and then quickly changed my mind. So I'm hanging out at a 2 for awhile. I'm going to take my 2nd set of holes to probably a 10g, maybe an 8. But I just got those done a couple months ago, and they're sitll not ready to guage.

But the first set, I went through all the small sizes pretty quickly, but once I hit an 8g, I had to slow down. But props to all you people who are guaging the right way. And me wary of double flares. I like them now that I'm in larger sizes, but my friend would always use double flares and she bought a pair with an unusually large flare and now she can't get them out and they've been in there for a couple months. I'd say go up a size using a taper or plug and then once they're not sore anymore put double flares in.

 

I love my earlobes! IT took me 3 years to get to where they are now, but im really glad I took the time to enjoy them at every stage. Im happy with the size they are now though and I dont think i'll go any bigger. Theyre 20mm, which i think is about 3/4"

(excuse the blood, this pic was taken minutes after getting the dermal punch)

 

nice!
i dig the dermal punch alot!

 

BEAUTIFUL

 

I only have one piercing, my left ear lobe and it's gauged to a 2. I've been gauging it for 3-4 years now and my journey with it has been very awesome. I plan on going to a 0 soon then maybe deeper if I feel like it.

 

I am workin on my lobes
I am trying to get em down to a 6 and see how I like that and if I want to gauge em more I will... if not then ill keep em at a 6

 

mine are 18mm atm they were up to 26 (about an inch) but i had to shrink em down over winter :/ gash x